Where does “ontvolken” come from?
ontvolken (Dutch) comes from Dutch volk, from Dutch tuin, from Middle Dutch tuun, from Old Dutch tūn, from Proto-West Germanic tūn, from Proto-Germanic tūną, from Gaulish dunum, from Proto-Celtic dūnom — smoke; mist, haze.
ontvolken (Dutch): to depopulate
Definitions
- to depopulate
Ancestry of “ontvolken”, step by step
ontvolken traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch volk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | volk | people, nation; tribe; folk, the common people,... |
| 2 | Dutch | tuin | garden, yard; enclosure, fence or hedge |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | tuun | — |
| 4 | Old Dutch | tūn | fence |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | tūn | fence |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | tūną | fence; enclosure |
| 7 | Gaulish | dunum | fort; hill, hillfort |
| 8 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
via Dutch ont- -en
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | ont- -en | Forms transitive verbs from nouns, meaning "to remove (noun) from, to rid of (noun), to de-(noun)" |